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J. W ROBERTS.

RUNNING GEAR FOB. VEHICLES.

No. 266,723. Patented 0013.31, 1882.

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JOHN W. ROBERTS, OF DALLAS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF 'lWVO-THIRDS TO JOHN M. SHAOKLEFORD AND SANFORD F. ROBERTS, OF SAME PLACE.

RUNNING-GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,728, dated October 31, 1882.

Application filed June 29, 1852.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W.Ro13nnrs,a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State ofTexas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Gear for Vehicles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- Io pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in 1 running-gear for vehicles, and has for its object, in common with others, to dispense with the reach or pole, and while doing this to previde for or avoid interference with the normal action of the springs, and to render it applicable to vehicles already in use.

To these ends Iny'invention consists in the employment of braces adapted to be connected to and permit the springs to have the required movement, and also of additional braces ar- 2; ranged between the body support or frame and axles, having the one a slotted plate and the other a slotted bridge, substantially as hereinafter more fully set torth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is 0 a side elevation, with the axles in section, of

avehiclc running-gear embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detailed view thereof.

In order to dispense with the reach or pole,

provision must be made to hold the axles and springs as against movement out of horizontal plane. To accomplish this I employ b'races, (two or more,) disposed at each end of the running-gear. The braces A are pendants fast- 0 ened to the body support or frame a at their upper ends, and having theirlower ends passed the rear one throughaslotina plate, I), clipped (No model.)

to and upon the upper side of the axle, and the front one through a slotted bridge, 0, bolted to the upper plate of the fit'th-whecl. The bridge 0 crosses the lower half of the front spring. The lower ends of the braces A A have passed transversely through them, be low the slotted plate and bridge, pins d, to prevent the withdrawal of said ends by the moveso ment of the body. The braces A, at each end of the vehicle, keep the axles from rocking or going backward or forward.

To keep the springs B horizontal and at the same time not interfere with their normal no tion, I secnreto the body support or frame a, contignously to the springs, braces B,inclined as shown, and having slots 0, which receive bolts f, nutted and cushioned on opposite sides of the braces. The braces A are suitably 6o braced in position, as at g 9, Fig. 1.

The bars or pendants B may each be connected to the bottom of the body by one or more braces, as shown.

\Vhen the body of the vehicle is depressed 6 the springs are elongated, and the slot ofeach bar B being inclined outwardly from bottom to top, the distance from the slot ofone bar to that of the opposite bar is increased in exact proportion as the springs are elongated.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- ln a vehicle running-gear, the combination, with the springs and laterally projecting and nutted bolts, of the inclinedvbraces B, having slots 0, which receive said bolts, as and tor the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN XVILLIAM ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

F. S. ROBERTS, J. M. SnAcKnLFonn. 

